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To the reader we address ourselves more particularly to the home- 
seeker and investor, knowing that the information contained in 
this little pamphlet is of more than passing interest to them. 
Because of its Ivocation, Climate, Sanitary Condition, Educational 
Facilities, Economical Government, its close proximity to San 
Francisco and Oakland, and the unexcelled traveling accommo- 
dation it affords. Alameda has been chosen as a place of resi- 
dence by many of the foremost capitalists, professional and busi- 
ness men of San Francisco and in fact she numbers among her 
population the most prominent men of this section of the State. 
Therefore it is fair to presume that with its many advantages 
and attractions becoming more widely known the population of 
our charming city must continue to be rapidly augmented, 
increasing until Alameda ranks among the foremost cities of the 
Coast in point of population and without a rival as the most 
beautiful residence city of California. 




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We have no desire to burden the reader with theories concerning the 
future of Alameda, and therefore we proceed at once to briefly review our city 
as it " Is," trusting that should you in future favor us with a visit you will not 
consider our picture overdrawn but true to life, and agree with us in our belief 
that Alameda merits whatever praise we may bestow. 



LOCATION ¥ ¥ ¥ 

Along the easterly shore of San Francisco Bay, nestling beneath Contra 
Costa hills, which afford shelter from the north winds, lies Alameda, the 
cleanest, brightest and most beautiful city on the Pacific Slope, covering an 

^ area of 3300 acres, being four miles long and on an average one mile in width. 

^ Population, 15,500. Distant from San Francisco seven miles and from Oakland 

three miles, connection between the latter city and Alameda being made by 
steam and electric railways and between Alameda and San Francisco by two 
separate lines of railroad and ferry systems. 

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We have the finest local train and ferry systems in the world. Sixty trains 
each way between Alameda and San Francisco daily. The two lines of steam 
cars that traverse the entire length of our city run half-hourly trains, each 
connecting with a separate ferry and alternating, making together quarter- 
hourly trips to and from San Francisco, the tickets of either line being good on 
the other. Within the city limits, a distance of four miles upon one line and 




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nearly three upon the other, riding is absolutely free. The time consumed in 
a trip from San Francisco to Park street (Alameda's principal business thorough- 
fare) is forty to forty-five minutes, and commutation tickets, entitling the 
^ holder to one round trip for every day in the month, are sold for three dollars, 

making a single fare to the commuter five cents. The Alameda, Oakland & 
Piedmont Electric Railway, one of the best systems of its kind in the United 
States, has twenty miles of track extending in a circle through the heart of 
Alameda and Oakland, and runs its cars under a seven-minute service. 



WATER FRONT ¥ ¥ ¥ 

Alameda has a navigable water front of about four miles, along the line of 
which are sites suitable for factories, warehouses, etc., and upon a portion of 
which are now located the three largest factories in the State — /. e., Pottery 
Works, Oil Refinery and Borax Works. With the completion of the tidal 
canal, which is now being constructed under the supervision of United States 
engineers at a cost of about |2,ooo,ooo, will come many new enterprises which 
will greatl}' benefit Alameda. 



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SEWER SYSTEM ¥ ¥ ¥ 

A superb sewer system that has stood the test of eleven years' usage aud 
has never been found wanting in any particular, is among the chief induce- 
ments offered bv Alameda to those in search of a beautiful locality in which to 
build a future home. The Alameda system consists in the first place of two 
intercepting sewers, one on each side of the peninsula. The natural way to 
sewer the city is from the center to the edges. It was found, however, that it 
would not do to discharge sewerage from every street upon the sand beaches and 
f) shores of the city, as returning tides would fetch it back with all the deleterious 

<*' effects that poisoned air would naturally produce. So the scheme of inter- 

cepting sewers along the edges of the town was devised. These intercepting 
sewers receive the sewerage from the many lateral pipes, and discharge it all 
together at certain points in such a manner that it is carried out on every tide 
and assimilated by the great body of salt water composing the Bay of San 
Francisco and its arms. The pipe of the lateral sewers are of iron stone, and 
at the highest point of these sewers, flush tanks, built upon the line of the 
sidewalks, connect with them. These flush tanks are filled from the water 
mains by slow degrees until their center of gravity is so shifted that they tip, 
■ S^ spilling the water in volumes, and when emptied righting themselves for 

another filling ; thus all our sewers are flushed several times a daj' automatic- 
ally. Alameda's sewer system is regarded throughout the United States as a 
model, and is being patterned after all over the land, even European cities 
having adopted it. Being thus so admirably drained — having no such thing as 
sewer gas, stagnant ponds or bodies of water to germinate disease, it is not 
surprising that Alameda is healthful ; that its death rate is lower than any 
other city on the coast, being considerably below the normal. 





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After a good sewer system, notliing is so necessary to the health of a com- 
munity as a good water supply. This we have had for many j'ears, but lately 
it has been improved upon, until now no town or city in the world is more 
favored in this respect than Alameda. The Artesian Works recently multiplied 
its suppl)' several times over by sinking new wells and erecting new pumping 
stations, so that we now have an abundance not only for the Alameda of to-da}-, 
but for the Alameda of the future, when it shall have doubled, trebled or 
quadrupled its population. Also, in addition to these improvements an oppo- 
sition conipau}' has piped the town with a complete system that will have the 
effect of further reducing the water rates which are already low. The supply 
"for both companies" being Artesian Wells, can never be contaminated. The 
water is always fresh and pure and being constantly drawn from the bowels of 
the earth the dangers arising from a catchment supply are avoided. 



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The singular healthful ness and freedom from contagious diseases of 
Alameda, attracts attention from health officers everywhere ; its death rate 
does not average twelve to each one thousand of population per annum, which 
is six below the normal, and quite unexampled. That of no other city com- 
pares with it. [iVott- — If we exclude deaths occurring among the transient 
population, the mortality would be greatly reduced.) 




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Our avenues are boulevards free from dust in summer and mud in winter. 
The street department is managed in the interest of taxpayers and nearly every 
one of twenty-four avenues and seventy-eight streets is paved with rock spread 
over a bed of com-rete, and as smooth almost as your parlor floor. Alameda's 
streets are the pride of her people and invariably excite the admiration of 
visitors. On account of its magnificent avenues the city is known among 
wheelmen as the " Cvclers' Paradise." 



MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The nuinicipal government of Alameda is often cited as the one most 
nearly approaching a model of any of which the dwellers on the Pacific Coast 
have any intimate knowledge. Part}' or partisan lines are not drawn in 
municipal matters. Good and representative men are chosen for public posi- 
tions, and there is a care exercised in public expenditures, so that every cent 
counts in building and beautifying the city. The principal governing body is 
^Sl^ a board of five Trustees, elected by the people. The other bodies consist of a 

Board of Education, a Hoard of Health and a Board of Library Trustees, the 
functions of each being sufficiently expressed in its title. The Board of Educa- 
tion is elected b}- the people, and the others are appointed by the Board of City 
Trustees. These four bodies guard the interests of Alameda in the four 
essential particulars that her well-being demands. Rate of taxation is one 
dollar on the valuation of one hundred dollars. 




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CITY LIGHTING ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The city owns and operates an extensive Electric Light system, which is 

under the control of the municipal trustees. The original cost of the plant 

jtu was something over ^40,000. At present ninety-seven Arc and one thousand 

Incandescent Lamps are in use, and the city is economically and efficiently 

lisjhted. 



FIRE DEPARTMENT ¥ ¥ ¥ 



Our Fire Department consists of one Steam and two Chemical Engines, 
one Hook and Ladder, and five Hose Companies. There is an abundance of 
modern fire apparatus, and the fire houses, five in number, are owned by the 
citv. The loss bv fire in .\lameda, is insignificant and insurance rates are low. 



POLICE ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The Police force of Alameda is small but well regulated, and adequate for 
SL our needs, which, in this respect, are extremely slight. We have three Free 

Mail Deliveries daily. 

SCHOOLS ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The school district of Alameda, which consists of a High and seven subor- 

^ dinate Schools, is under the supervision of a Superintendent assisted by fifty- 

^fr nine teachers. Graduates from the High School are admitted to the State 

University without examination, a privilege accorded only to schools of the 







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highest standard. This department is governed by the same general rnles and 
regulations that obtain in all well conducted school departments, especial care 
£U being exercised to prevent sickness or bad habits spreading among the children. 

As a whole the department has no superior in the State. 

CHURCHES ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The moral side of Alameda is well cared for by seventeen Church Societies, 
four of which are Methodist, three Presbyterian, two Episcopal, two Lutheran, 
one Congregational, one Baptist, one Unitarian, one Christian, one Sweden- 
borgian, one Roman Catholic, all of which own and worship in buildings that 
are noticeable and creditable. Alameda also supports three daily Newspapers, 
two Banks, four Building and Loan Associations, and these, together with all 
our business houses are in a flourishing condition. 



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AMUSEMENTS ♦ ♦ » 

Nowhere on the Pacific Coast is there displayed such a keen interest in 
out door amusements as in Alameda. There are numerous Lawn Tennis Clubs, 
Bicycle Clubs, the best Bicycle Track in the State, three Boating and Swim- 
ming Clubs, numerous Bathing resorts, finest Boulevard Speed Track in the 
jSw United States, being one and three -eighth miles straight-away course, a Gen- 

tleman's Driving Association, the El Nido Club (a gentleman's social organiza- 
tion), besides which numerous Fraternal, Literary, Musical and Social 
institutions flourish. 




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ALAMEDA FREE LIBRARY ¥'¥ ¥ 

Consists of 20,000 volumes, and the last report of the State Librarian shows 
that more volumes were added to our Library last year, in proportion to the 
amount of revenue received, than to any other Library in the State. 



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PARKS » * ♦ 

With thirty-seven miles of macadamized driveways, the equal of which no 
city west of the Mississippi River, and few, if any, east of it, can boast of, with 
eighty miles of artificial stone sidewalks lining both sides of nearly every 
Sl avenue and street, its thousands of beautiful homes surrounded by verdant 

lawns, and beds of flowers which bloom perennially, with its magnificent shade 
and ornamental trees and shrubbery, the whole city can justly be termed a 
Park. 

ITS PEOPLE ¥ ¥ ¥ 

Are cultured, thrifty, loyal, and hospitable. United on all questions of 
local government and improvements, and take great pride in the appearance 
Sk of their individual premises in particular, and the city in general, thus making 

Alameda the most desirable city in the State, in all respects for families. 
Alameda has no "classes," and no neighborhood given to the habitation of 
the " rough element." In all, the essential requirements of a modern and 
model residence city nothing is lacking. We have a delightful climate, the 
remarkable difference between the chilling winds and dismal fogs of San 




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Francisco and the clear balmy air of Alameda being noted by all visitors. The 
mean temperature of Alameda is ten degrees warmer than that of San Fran- 
S^ Cisco. The average rain fall (which, for a period of eight years, has been 

20.73 inches) is three inches less than San Francisco. 

PROGRESS AND IMPROVEMENTS ¥ ¥ ¥ 

The quiet repose of Alameda is a marked contrast to the noise and feverish 
excitement of San Francisco, and the journey across the water provides an 
opportunity for change and rest to the tired body and mind. Underneath this 
apparent tranquility, however, there is a deep current of enterprise and 
progress, as the following figures will demonstrate : During the year 1894, 
dwellings to the number of 134 were erected at a cost of ^97,500, an average 
of f 2966 each ; in addition to which |;5o,ooo was expended for a new city hall 
and 1141,000 for new school buildings and the repair of old ones. In 1S70 the 
population was 1557 ; in 1880, 5078; in 1890 it had increased to 11,165 ; f""^ it 
is now 15,500. Not less than fifty buildings are at present in course of con- 
struction, the average cost of which we believe will reach #3500. The price of 
desirable residence lots (unimproved) ranges from 1^750 upward and the price 
ofj^improved property varies according to location and style of buildings. 
Desirable homes can be purchased for approximately fecoo. Property values 
are continually advancing. It is estimated that at least 200 families have 
removed from San Francisco to Alameda in the past year. 



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The foregoing information is respectfully submitted by the 

ALAMEDA LAND COMPANY ¥ ¥ ¥ 

A corporation existing under the laws of the State of California, and conducting 
a general Real Estate, Building and Insurance business. In all matters per- 
taining to Real Estate, the Company will act as agents for the care or sale of 
same. The Company's commodious offices, which are the finest in Alameda 
County, are located at No. 1500 Park street, northeast corner of Santa Clara 
avenue, Alameda, Cal., where carriages are at the disposal of intending pur- 
chasers, and courteous treatment is assured. 

The Company will build houses to sell on installments, arranging all the 
details, such as loans, insurance, etc., thereby relieving the purchaser of the 
worry and care incidental to building. Trusting that should you or your 
friends choose to investigate Alameda, with a view to making it your home, 
you will favor us with a call, we are 



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ALAMEDA LAND CO. 

Real Estate Agents and Installment Home Builders, 

1500 Park Street, 

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